2004 Productive Year for Internet Media Streaming Alliance

The 15th Internet Media Streaming Alliance (IMSA) Forum in Hawthorne, NY, concluded with IMSA's 2.0 specifications internal review completed and going out for public review, a new digital rights management working group established and other accomplishments noted in this Digital Webcast article. Apple chairs IMSA and he concluded:

“This year has been extremely active for the streaming media industry,” said David Singer, ISMA Chairman and Apple’s QuickTime Engineering Ecosystems Manager. “We see early engagement and lively participation from companies in a variety of categories including content creation, digital rights management (DRM), encoding/decoding, server /cache technologies, media players, and service providers.”

[Dana Baggett]